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The other two films that I considered nominating for the film festival were Happy Feet (2006) and Ice age: The meltdown (2006). These coming of age children’s movies, really highlighted the climate change issues going on in the current world and their impact on plant and animal species. The film is based on the ideasContinue reading “Other two films”

Eugene and Howard Odum: The two brothers are known as the leading figures in the development of ecosystem ecology post world war 2. I chose to write about them due to their significant contributions in the field of ecology. They were from a prominent academic family, with their father being a sociologist. With their contrastingContinue reading “Eugene and Howard Odum”

I chose this article from 2000 on Human-caused environmental changes and loss of plant diversity. This relates back to many topics we will be discussing in our lectures including the use of biofuels, impacts of mining, ozone depletion, and most importantly climate change. The goal of this paper was to examine the impact of theseContinue reading “An article from 2000”

I remember reading a natural geographic article by Katrina Zimmar,  an article before the pandemic that mentioned the emergence of infectious diseases in humans due to deforestation. Deforestation, which may be caused due to human activities, natural disasters or any other various reasons, not only impacts the plants lost in it but also insects andContinue reading “Zoonotic Viruses and Biodiversity”

The debate about whether viruses are alive or not, has been in progress since the distinguishing of the three domains of life. Viruses share some characteristics with bacteria while some with eukarya.  Based on the complexities of their structure, life cycle and much more, most biologists do not consider them alive. This is based onContinue reading “The Debate about Viruses”